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I. A. HAGGERTY.

HAIR CURLEB AND WAVER. A;PP LI( J ATIO N FILED JUNE 25. m9.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR cunnnn. AND wnvnn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

iPatented Nov. 25, 19119.

Application filed June 25, 1919. 'Serial No. 306,516.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn. A. HAGGERTY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hair Curlers and Wavers, of which the followingis a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved device which can beconveniently used for curling or waving the hair.

Another object is to so construct my improved device that it can beeasily locked and will. not accidentally become unfastened.

A further object is to so design my improved hair-curler and waver thatit can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be describedhereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had tothe accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of myinvention in a closed or fastened position,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. '1, showing in dot-and-dash lines howthe hair can be curled around one of the sections thereof and serve toexpand or bow the sections,

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the device part way open and alsoillustrating how the hair can be wound around one of the sections priorto fastening the sections together, Fig. 4:

and is a fragmentary elevation showing how the sections appear whenlocked together, and drawn ona larger scale than illustrated in Figs. 1to 3 inclusive.

Referring to the drawing, device consists of two sections 5 and 6 whichare preferably made of resilient sheet metal and are pivoted together byan eyelet hinge 7. The section 6 has a handle 8 on its outer end, saidhandle including a contracted or narrow neck portion by inwardly curvingthe section 6 at 10. The section 5 has a notch 11, said notch includinga narrow entrance or 'mouth 12 so as to provide a shoulder 13 directlyadjacent the inner portion of the mouth. The portion 14 of the section.5, including the notch 11, is bent at 'an angle, as clearly shown inFigs. 2 and 4, and the neck portion 9 of the section 6 is so arrangedthat when the sec tions 5 and 6 are moved so as to overlap-each slightlycompressing my improved 9 which is produced other, the neck 9- willenter the notch 11 through the entrance or mouth 12and will occupy, aposition, such as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

By bowing the sections as clearly shown in Fig. 2, which action occurswhen the sections are closed with the hair curled thereon, the neck 9will be held between the shoulder 13 and the inner end 15 of the notch11 so that the sections will not accidentally become unfastened. Inother words, by the free ends of the sections 5 and 6, after the hairhas been wound thereon, the neck 9 can be slipped into the notch 11through the and when manual pressure is released, the hair will expandand thereby cause the free end portions to extend at abrupt angles whichare op'pos' and said action will cause the neck 9 to press against theedge 16 within the notch tely disposed to each other,

entrance 12' and being thus positioned the neck cannot move out of theentrance 12 until the sections are manually pressed toward each other. II While illustrated at 17 as being wrappedaround the member 6, it willbe understood that if desired the hair canbe wrapped around the member5'; this being at the option of the user,

' The section 5 is preferably an angular bend 18, as clearly shown mFig. 2, adjacent the pivot 7. This provides a normal separation of thesections, suflicient to permit them to be easily manipulated and also toprovide a space so that the parts will not have to be bowed to the .fullextent of the thickness of the hair.

.While I have described my invention as taking a particular form,

I have described the hair, such .for example as provided with it will beunderstood that the various parts of my invention may be changed withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not llmitmyself to theprecise construction set forth, but

fairly come withsections pivoted together,

terior of the notch and providing a shoulder between the entrance andthe inner end of the notch, said other section having a portion movableinto the notch-through said entrance and adapted to engage between saidshoulder and said end of the notch whereby the sections are preventedfrom a'ccidentally moving apart; substantially as described. 1

2. A hair-curler and waver including two one of said sections having anotch includin an entrance opening thereto located in a side edgethereof and of less width than the interior of the notch whereby ashoulder is provided, said other section having a-portion adapted toenter said notch through the entrance opening and position itselfbetween said shoulder and the inner end of the notch; sub-stantially asdescribed.

3. A hair-curler and waver including two sections pivoted together, oneof said sections having a notch includin an entrance opening theretolocated in a si e edge thereof and of less width than the interior ofthe notch whereby a shoulder is provided, said other section having aportion adapted to enter said notch through the entrance opening andposition itself between said shoulder and other section having I entersaid notch through the entrance opening and position itself between saidshou1-- the inner end of the notch, sa id second section having a handleprojecting from the portion which enters said notch; substantially asdescribed. a

4. A hair-curler and waver including two,

and of less Width than the interior of the notch whereby a shoulder isprovided, said a portion adapted to der and the inner end of the notch,said portion which includes said notchbeing bent at an angle toward theplane of movement of the other section whereby said portion of thesecond mentioned section which enters the notch will extend at an angleto the portion including the notch; substantially as described. 4

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY C. UPRIGHT, MARY E. BAILEY.

